Performance Basics Exploring Microsoft Office 2007

1. Performance BasicsExploring Microsoft Office 2007 Lesson 1

2. Get Started • When you start your computer, the desktop, is the first window that appears. • It displays program and file icons for the programs you use most frequently • The taskbar, located at the bottom of the desktop, displays the Start button, as well as open documents and programs

3. Explore Global Office Screen Parts and Components • Common elements • Title bar • Window controls • Office button • Quick Access toolbar • Ribbon (includes command tabs, groups, and dialog box launchers, the Help button) • Status bar-includes View buttons and Zoom options

4. Title bar and Window controls • The title bar, located at the top of the program window • Displays the document’s name, followed by the program’s name • Includes window control buttons, which control the program window behaves • Minimize-reduces the window to a button on the taskbar • Restore-reduces the size of the window • Maximize-replaces the restore button after you click the Restore down button and increases the window size to fill the screen • Close-closes the program

5. Office Button • Located in the upper-left corner of the window • Contains commands related to managing documents as a whole

6. Quick Access Toolbar • Located to the right of the Office Button • Customizable toolbar containing a set of frequently used command buttons

7. The Ribbon, Tabs, and Groups • The Ribbon, located below the title bar • Contains the commands you need to complete a tasks • Arranged on command tabs according to the tasks you want to perform • Home tab is selected by default • Once a tab is selected, command buttons are displayed in groups

8. Dialog Box Launcher and Dialog Boxes • Located in the lower-right corner of the group • Clicking this button will display a dialogbox • A window that presents information about the current settings for a command and allows you to make changes • Some command buttons display ellipsis points (…) • Clicking a button with ellipsis points will display another dialog box

9. Shortcut Menu and Mini Toolbar • Shortcut menu – provides a quick way to display commands you need while working • Mini toolbar – displays buttons you can use to quickly change the look of text or data

10. Status bar • Status bar, located at the bottom of the program window • Contains information about the file on which you are working, View shortcut buttons and Zoom control • Can customize the status bar to display options

11. View Buttons and Zoom • View shortcut buttons enable you to view your file in different ways • The Zoom feature allows you to get a close-up view of your document or see more of the page at a reduced size

12. ScreenTips • Small windows that display descriptive information when you rest the mouse pointer on a command or control • An enhanced ScreenTip, is a larger window that displays more descriptive text.

13. Get Help • Each program in Microsoft Office has a separate Help window • Can access Help only for the program in which you are working • Press F1, The Help window appears • Online Help • If you are connected to the Internet, you can get online Help to browse or search for the most up-to-date Help, templates, and training